It's a fact that tap water is regulated by the EPA under much stricter guidelines than the manner in which the FDA monitors bottled water.
Hillary Newman | Posted 01.29.2009 | Green
Michael DeJong | Posted 01.28.2009 | Green
Little measures -- recycling, driving a most fuel-efficient car, walking, biking or using public transit, and installing low-flow shower heads -- can make a huge difference.
Steve Ettlinger | Posted 01.19.2009 | Living
Here, for posterity, is our story of a recent confrontation with the city bureaucracy. TO: New York City Department of Santitation RE: Summons No...
Stephen C. Rose | Posted 01.18.2009 | Green
Just an initial effort to think about human settlements as they might develop during coming years. An Obama Village would have a population of plus o...
Maura Judkis | Posted 01.17.2009 | Green
Recent callers to the Corrugated Packaging Council's recycling information line were greeted with a pleasant "Hey there, sexy guy," and offered a variety of, well, eager conversationalists.
greenbiz.com, Huffington Post | Posted 01.17.2009 | Green
The recent "As You Sow" recycling scorecard flunked many beverage companies, many of which have made some green efforts, but still produce staggering ...
Philip G. Baker | Posted 01.15.2009 | Green
With so many TVs being similar, consider selecting your purchase by which companies offer the best takeback programs.
Green Inc. | Kate Galbraith | Posted 01.08.2009 | Green
So popular was the program that a few weeks ago, when the county announced it had to stop recycling because of the plunge in prices for the goods, "Th...
New York Times | MATT RICHTEL and KATE GALBRAITH | Posted 01.08.2009 | Green
The economic downturn has decimated the market for recycled materials like cardboard, plastic, newspaper and metals. Across the country, this junk is ...
AP | P.J. DICKERSCHEID | Posted 01.07.2009 | Green
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Norm Steenstra's budgeting worries mount with each new load of cardboard, aluminum cans and plastics jugs dumped at West Vir...
Maura Judkis | Posted 01.04.2009 | Green
Men (or women!) ready to propose who buy off a website get a great bargain -- rings often go for half their value. This way, they avoid buying a brand new ring, which consumes additional resources.
Robin Wiener | Posted 01.03.2009 | Green
A few bad actors are not representative of the entire electronics recycling infrastructure, despite what 60 Minutes would have you believe.
Rachel Cernansky | Posted 01.02.2009 | Green
New York City will save two million dollars if an upcoming bill succeeds in banning the municipal government from buying bottled water for its office buildings, say the bill's proponents.
Alex Pasternack | Posted 12.29.2008 | Green
The term Coca-Cola is using for its goals -- "water neutrality" -- which was coined at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in 2002, is, well, quite slippery.
New York Magazine | Robert Sullivan | Posted 12.28.2008 | Green
On giant piles of trash left by a generation of New Yorkers, landscape architect James Corner is building a park that has the power to change the way ...
AP | MARCIA DUNN | Posted 12.26.2008 | Green
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronauts aboard the orbiting shuttle-station complex got a double dose of good news Tuesday: A rotary joint that they s...
Grist | Posted 12.20.2008 | Green
Brita, maker of popular water-purifying pitchers, will launch a recycling program for used water filters beginning in January. The company's announcem...
Huffington Post | Johanna Smith | Posted 12.20.2008 | Green
The holidays can be a tricky time to go green. Green and red, perhaps, but environmentally conscious, not so much. Assuming you've got the food part c...
Graham Hill | Posted 04.15.2009 | Green
Toronto has a beloved coffee chain, Tim Hortons. It also has a group of City Council public works committee members working hard to reduce fast-food p...
Treehugger | Jaymi Heimbuch | Posted 12.14.2008 | Green
When it comes to electronics, doing more with less is key to sustainability. Also helpful is ditching plastic gadgets for paper, and DIYing it whenev...
Treehugger | Posted 12.14.2008 | Green
In just months we went from common thieves stealing power cables and iron fences to a market that couldn't care less for reclaimed materials. The pric...
Graham Hill | Posted 04.15.2009 | Green
Sweden has some of the best recycling rates on the planet. Over 95% of glass gets recycled there, and 85% of newspapers, 70% of metal and 65% of plast...
Mairi Beautyman | Posted 01.05.2009 | Green
Ever wake up feeling like tossing all your textiles for a new color scheme? Color faded? Marked with a stain? Before you chuck perfectly good househol...
Michael DeJong | Posted 12.12.2008 | Green
If you read anything in print you should know that the act of recycling paper decreases the demand for virgin pulp thereby reducing the devastation of forests.
Steve Wasik | Posted 01.31.2009 | Green